Coffee Evenings with Parents
Shiv Nadar School firmly believes in building a strong culture of parent-school engagement. A combined effort between parents and school guarantees better results in the growth of a child. When children feel they are cared for and supported by both key players (parents and teachers) in their education, their self-esteem or self-worth improves. For this purpose, the school organized Coffee Evenings for Grades 1 and above.
The interactive session helped the parents understand the school initiatives and build a broader perspective of how the school functions. For overall development of the child, it is very important for parents and school to be on the same page.
Our Principal, Ms. Anju Wal unfolded various thoughts on Indulgence Vs Independence to Real World Vs Virtual World, Step-up Leadership among others. All the subject teachers and Home Room Teachers interacted with the parents of their respective habitats.
The session generated symbiotic energy to propel the child in his journey ahead. Parents were really happy with the session as it also gave an opportunity to voice their opinions and put their queries to rest.
Middle School visit to TERI-GRAM
79 students from grades 6-8, accompanied by teachers visited the TERI-GRAM campus to learn about Sustainability.
The visit to TERI was marked by the lush green campus, with beautiful trees and different varieties of plants. They were taken to the ‘RETREAT’, which is a self-sustainable building designed by TERI.
The students were shown two short movies on sustainability and then they were taken around the RETREAT, which included the conference room and the reception, and also two blocks of rooms.
The entire building was made up of huge glass windows with and a glass roof photovoltaic cells interspersed in a way that it also allowed natural light to enter. The rooms had the Earth tunnel technology where cooling and heating both were done using fans and machines 4 feet below the Earth. This eliminated the use of any extra air conditioning or heating that is generally required.
The area was also lined with deciduous trees that provide cool shade in the summer months, but shed their leaves to allow the passage of natural light in winters. Also, all the waste water produced was taken to the Root Zone, which was lined with Phragmite plants, whose roots absorb impurities in waste water, making it suitable for irrigation purposes.
This helped them understand different components involved in making a building sustainable building. The students really enjoyed being in the surroundings and learning about the components.
They were then taken to the biogas chamber where they learnt how kitchen and agricultural waste were being turned into usable biogas. The medicinal plant area and the vermi-composting pit were also very intriguing to the students. They were shown how different varieties of fruit plants were grown in the lab and then transported to the fields.
The students also had a lot of queries, which the TERI officials solved.
The Ishara International Puppet Theatre Festival
Let the celebrations begin! 17th "The Ishara International Puppet Theatre Festival" has started its performance from Faridabad Shiv Nadar School. They celebrate the 17th anniversary with a diverse range of breath-taking performances, which communicate across language barriers & define the social, cultural & emotional bonds humanity shares together.
We had a great puppet theatre show from Germany on 1 st February, 2019 at Amphitheatre.
Play: EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE
Performed by: The Fifth Wheel Marionettes
Directed by: Dmitry Nomokonov
Language: Musical, Non Verbal
Medium: Marionettes, Actors,
Duration: 45 minutes
Grades: 3 to 5
Summary of the play
Bursting with excitement, this exuberant whistle-stop tour around the world voyage is a lot of fun & a trip worth making. We travel the high seas in a big white ship, & along the way meet our global neighbours the Arabs, the Spaniards, the Gypsies, the Mexicans & even Indians. Each place the ship visits is a new musical number, filled with big, colourful, imaginative puppets, dance, & foot tapping music from that part of the world. Learn about interesting places, their traditions & lots more! Utterly enchanting, this family treat of a show should leave you & yours wide-eyed with wonder.
Our little audiences were extremely excited by looking at the puppets and also when the puppets became alive little minds overwhelmed and involved in the show.
The actors were amazing and spread lots of energy to the students and it was a kind of participatory performance. Our grades 3 to 5 were witnessed the performance. It was a marvellous experience for all of us to witness the show. They started on time and finished it on time too. Our students were really energized and enjoyed the performance.
The Dialogue 2019
Peaceful Coexistence – A reality or a distant dream for India!
Shiv Nadar School Gurugram hosted the fourth edition of ‘The Dialogue’ on Monday 21st January 2019. This is an annual panel discussion, hosted at Shiv Nadar School, where eminent speakers get together to discuss critical issues pertaining to India's past, present and future. The discussion, other than building awareness on issues of importance, also aims at giving a greater fillip to critical thinking, analytical skills and the reasoning abilities of our students. The entire event was coordinated and moderated by our students. The topic – "Peaceful Coexistence – A reality or a distant dream for India!" encouraged intellectual discussion and thought-provoking questions from the students. Our panelist this year were:
· Ms Sonam Kalra – Sufi Singer and Media personality
· Ms Rhythm Anand Bhardwaj – Legal Editor & TV Anchor
· Mr Vikramjeet Singh Rooprai – Heritage Activist and Educationist
· Ms Aparna Mittal – Lawyer and Management Consultant
A Day of Musical Mystic Transcendence
Under the aegis of SPIC MACAY, Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad presented Lecture -Demonstration by Pt. Bholanath Mishra ji for the young scholars of Grade 4 to 8 along with some musically inclined parents. The school witnessed the magical rendition at the Dance Room North Block of Faridabad School.
Pt. Bholanath Mishra ji along with the disciples were accompanied by, Pt.Jayashankar Mishra ji on Tabla and Pt. Bharat Bhushan ji on Sarangi.
The program not only provides exposure for children towards classical music and dance but also inspires them to appreciate the intrinsic value of our National Culture and Heritage.
The auspicious day began with lighting of the lamp by Pt. Bholanath Mishra ji, Principal and other parents which was followed by Ganapati Vandana rendered by the students of AHA Indian Music Grade 6 to 8.
The Musical emanation took the children through understanding the sublimity of Hindustani Classical Music. He began with the rendition of a bandish in raag Ahir Bhairav set in ek taal and followed by a Hori geet and concluded with a popular Meera bhajan "Payoji maine am ratan dhan paya".
The students were fascinated when they were invited to sing with the lead artist. The participatory lecture demonstration gripped the young audience making them to sway along with the melodious rendition.
It was truly an enriching and refreshing experience to witness Pandit Ji’s jugalbandi along with other instrumentalists.
Our Principal, Ms. Anju Wal honored the artist with token of appreciation and expressed her gratitude to the artists.
Inter-House Elocution Competition
An interhouse elocution competition was recently organised in Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad. Students from grade 3 to 6 participated in this event aimed at encouraging fine public speaking skills. While grade 3 and 4 spoke on ‘spring’ as their theme, the senior grades inspired the audience by giving speeches on ‘courage’.
Anandam
The Aha journey of creative exploration found a vibrant culmination in Anandam this time. Dance, theatre, music and visual art - all learnt so diligently during Aha classes - came alive on stage and in art installations, for all to witness. Presenting some glimpses of the same!
I Blossom Showcase
Students of Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad, put on display the various skills and learning they had acquired as a part of Aha! I Blossom activities. I Blossom is one of two divisions of Aha! programme, which goes beyond art and sports to create experiences which instil life-skills in students.
Grade – 5 assembly – 25th April’18
5 Kanha did the assembly on 25th April 2018. The topic for the Assembly was ‘Earth day’. Students started the assembly with prayer and shared the news- national, international, sports and school. The thought of the day was also an interesting one-‘ The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.’
Students then presented a mime play showing how we humans were polluting our environment every day. This kept the audience engaged and gave them food for thought too. Then a student from 5 Corbett had made a presentation on ‘Say No to Plastics’, which he presented and urged the students to have a green birthday party by not using disposable plastic crockery or any plastic decorations.
The Sanskriti MUN 2018-19
The Sanskriti MUN 2018-19 commenced on the 26th of April, 2018 with much fanfare at the Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri. 5 of our Grade 8 students participated in the MUN.
1) Aryan Misra – Disarmament and International Security Committee, Chile
2) Samarth Agarwal - League of the Arab states, Yemen
3) Smayan Singh – United Nations Special Committee, Palestine
4) Akshansh Bagga - Social, Cultural and humanitarian rights committee, Chile
5) Yukrant Yadav - AIPPM